This Book is No Trouble
I love summer vacation. So much reading! This week, while laying on the beach, I read Trouble is a Friend of Mine by Stephanie Tromly. It was a delightful romp of mystery, teen angst, and surprises.
Our main character is Zoe Webster, a 16-year-old girl in upstate New York. She just moved to River Heights with her mother, both of them recovering from her parents' messy divorce. On Zoe's first day at the local high school, a mysterious boy in a suit shows up on her doorstep, introducing himself as Philip Digby. Over the coming months, Zoe and Philip get themselves and their friend Henry into a boatload of trouble, including truancy, breaking and entering, vandalism, drugs, a kidnapping investigation, and a cult. With an angry school officer on their backs and the average high school drama all around them, Zoe, Digby, and Henry conduct an investigation to find a missing teenage girl, whose disappearance may or may not have something to do with a mystery from Digby's past. Also in all this mess, Zoe is contending with her oblivious mother and overbearing and obnoxious father, who wants her to transfer to an elite private school at semester and live with him instead of her mother. Can Zoe and Digby solve this mystery? Who is involved? And Zoe's seemingly biggest personal question- Does Henry like her?
I loved this book. While I wasn't coming in expecting much, it blew me out of the water. Tromly's character's explode off the page. Everyone is described to a T, so I could picture them all clearly in my mind. Their character development was also fantastic, with each experience in their path changing their worldview and relationships with other people. Backstories are revealed with perfect timing, with hints dangled in front of the reader like a carrot in front of a bunny. It was delightful! The plot itself was excellently written. The interweaving story lines worked together beautifully, and some of the plot twists had me reeling!
This book was seriously amazing. It was quirky, funny, and fast. I couldn't put it down. It's a great choice for anyone who's into mysteries, funky characters, and friendships. I hope there's a sequel sometime soon!
Our main character is Zoe Webster, a 16-year-old girl in upstate New York. She just moved to River Heights with her mother, both of them recovering from her parents' messy divorce. On Zoe's first day at the local high school, a mysterious boy in a suit shows up on her doorstep, introducing himself as Philip Digby. Over the coming months, Zoe and Philip get themselves and their friend Henry into a boatload of trouble, including truancy, breaking and entering, vandalism, drugs, a kidnapping investigation, and a cult. With an angry school officer on their backs and the average high school drama all around them, Zoe, Digby, and Henry conduct an investigation to find a missing teenage girl, whose disappearance may or may not have something to do with a mystery from Digby's past. Also in all this mess, Zoe is contending with her oblivious mother and overbearing and obnoxious father, who wants her to transfer to an elite private school at semester and live with him instead of her mother. Can Zoe and Digby solve this mystery? Who is involved? And Zoe's seemingly biggest personal question- Does Henry like her?
I loved this book. While I wasn't coming in expecting much, it blew me out of the water. Tromly's character's explode off the page. Everyone is described to a T, so I could picture them all clearly in my mind. Their character development was also fantastic, with each experience in their path changing their worldview and relationships with other people. Backstories are revealed with perfect timing, with hints dangled in front of the reader like a carrot in front of a bunny. It was delightful! The plot itself was excellently written. The interweaving story lines worked together beautifully, and some of the plot twists had me reeling!
This book was seriously amazing. It was quirky, funny, and fast. I couldn't put it down. It's a great choice for anyone who's into mysteries, funky characters, and friendships. I hope there's a sequel sometime soon!
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